MANILA, Philippines (Updated 9:12 p.m.) — The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Maguindanao Governor Sajid Ampatuan of graft and malversation of public funds. In a 66-page decision issued on October 18, the court sentenced Ampatuan to an inde
MANILA, Philippines Former Maguindanao governor Sajid Islam Ampatuan, now vice mayor of Shariff Saydona Mustapha town in the province, may lose his seat and face life in prison after the Sandiganbayan found him guilty of graft and malversation of pu